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Market Harborough-based Joules says post-lockdown store sales have beaten expectations, thanks to customers keen to get spending again. Online demand is also 50% up in the first 11 months of the fashion and homewares retailer’s financial year, compared to the same time in 2020. It now expects both sales and pre-tax profits to come in […]

An initiative encouraging people to show respect for shop staff has been launched across Harborough. The ShopKind campaign is uniting the retail sector to tackle abuse and violence against shopworkers – incidents of which have increased since the start of the pandemic. It also aims to encourage positive behaviours towards them. Retailers, Harborough Market, the […]

A woman has been fined £300 after rubbish cleared from her garage was dumped next to Saddington Reservoir. It was traced back to her after Harborough District Council launched an investigation and sifted through the mess for evidence as to where it came from. The homeowner, in her 50s, from Oadby, who has not been […]

The District Council is to bid for £54,000 of government cash to install ten charging points for electric vehicles in Market Harborough car parks. The authority’s Executive agreed to push ahead with the plan last night. If the bid is successful they will be installed in the Doddridge Road, St Mary’s Road West and Angel […]

A new government taskforce has been launched to investigate the rise in pet thefts. It will gather evidence and recommend additional measures to help tackle the issue, which has increased during the pandemic. A number of dogs have been stolen across the Hfm Region in recent months. Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has been pushing for […]

Stephen Mold has been re-elected as Northamptonshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. The Conservative won with a majority of over 49,000. Although people went to the polls on Thursday, votes were only counted today. The full result Stephen Mold (CON) – 102,752 Clare Pavitt (LAB) – 53,166 Ana Savage Gunn (Liberal Demorcat) – 29,621 Mark […]

An electrical fault is being blamed for a fire that destroyed two campervans near Rothwell early this morning. Firefighters used water from an near-by open-air swimming pool to help tackle the flames and put a 100-metre cordon in place as gas cylinders were involved. Crews were called to Violet Lane, Glendon at 1.25am. Four cars, […]

Leicestershire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner is pledging to improve rural policing across Harborough. Conservative Rupert Matthews is drawing up his Policing Plan for the next three years, after being elected with a majority of over 33,000. He wants tackling issues like hare coursing, farm burglary and the theft of lead from church roofs to […]

Police have questioned a man on suspicion of supplying cannabis to children in Kibworth. The 18-year-old was arrested in Gladstone Street on Friday night, during a Police operation in response to increasing reports of anti-social behaviour in parks in the village, which included officers working in plain clothes. A quantity of cannabis was also seized. […]

A road in Little Bowden is closed during the day for the next three days so urgent tree works can take place. Bellfields Lane is shut between 9.30am and 3.30pm until Wednesday. Leicestershire County Council say the closure is so emergency work can take place to remove overhanging tree branches from the highway and railway […]